There is no "safely remove hardware" tab after using USB hardware

[Guest]

Hi,
I'm using a Microsoft Fingerprint reader to log on to my notebook. The
hardware works perfectly fine, but when I want to remove it, there is no
"remove harware safely" tab on the taskbar. As a result, I have to plug the
hardware out just like that.

Why does the feature not show?

Thanks

 

[Drew Tognola]

Chinmay,

I'm not familiar with Microsoft Fingerprint reader but can't you just
'Enable, Disable or Uninstall' from the Device Manager?

Drew

 

[steam3801]

Hi,
I'm using a Microsoft Fingerprint reader to log on to my notebook. The
hardware works perfectly fine, but when I want to remove it, there is no
"remove harware safely" tab on the taskbar. As a result, I have to plug the
hardware out just like that.

Why does the feature not show?

Some devices don't really need that option, anyway. If the external
device has an on/off switch, just make sure you turn it off before you
unplug it.

 

[Frank]

Hi,
I'm using a Microsoft Fingerprint reader to log on to my
notebook. The
hardware works perfectly fine, but when I want to remove it, there
is no
"remove harware safely" tab on the taskbar. As a result, I have to
plug the
hardware out just like that.

Why does the feature not show?

Thanks

--Device Manager > Disk drives > Disk? > Policies tab (read)